Mr. Jukebox
Joshua Hedley is one of the latest country acts signed to Jack White\'s Third Man Records, after the quietly successful Margo Price. Like Price, Hedley seems to have been plucked out of an imaginary past, where countrypolitan sheen meets an outsider\'s edge. With *Mr. Jukebox*, his debut album for the label, he\'s just as convincing singing heartbroken honky-tonk on \"Counting All My Tears\" or venturing into borderline-psychedelic cowboy territory on \"Weird Thought Thinker.\" Tying it all together is a touching cover of the \'40s Disney standard \"When You Wish Upon a Star,\" which recalls Willie Nelson at his tenderest.
The very title Mr. Jukebox signals that Joshua Hedley's 2018 debut album is a throwback to an older time -- one when jukeboxes were a common sight in the corner bar.